Archive for the 'Technology' Category

Animal Repellent

Emits a high-frequency sound that makes dogs and other animals with sensitive hearing run. Posting from dvice.com

$2,200 Solar Powered SunTable

USB Lock?

In case that you a that paraoid, that digital encryption is not enough. Posting from engadget.com

Golden Shellback Coating

A vacuum deposited film, nonflammable, has low toxicity and weatherproof. Interesting! From golden-shellback.com and check out the video.

“The coating uses ideas learned from the manufacturing of semi-conductors so it’s bonding at the molecular level. Speakers and touch screens are seemingly unaffected. The contacts need to be masked, either by coating the device with plugs attached or applying tape.” From Golden Shellback FAQ.

Sense Surface

By Girton Labs Cambridge. Alternative use of physical objects on a digital interface. Posting from girtonlabs.googlepages.com

Wearable Dialysis Machine

“Standard hemodialysis often requires renal failure patients to come into the hospital for length 4+ hour dialysis sessions. Peritoneal dialysis is able to be done at home and is bloodless, but it still requires the patient to commit a few hours everyday or at night.” Snippet from medgadget.com full article from newsroom.ucla.edu

Solar Panels on the New Prius

Seems like Toyota will be releasing some versions of the New Prius with solar panels that help power the AC unit in the car.  If this is true, this will be the first mass production car to incorpate solar into a vehicle. Nice!  Posting from ecogeek.org and sfgate.com

Disappearing Car Door

Crazy idea, it’ll be cool to actually see this.  Thx Cris for the link.  Posting from disappearing-car-door.com

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